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Cold War Kids' Nathan Willett Makes the Case for Religious Lyrics

25 Jan 2010 06:33:19 PST

Written by MOG Features
NW: Yeah, I think so. I mean - and it's one of those things where I don't know if I can say, kind of subconsciously - I don't know how deliberate some of that stuff was. But you know, I think that for us, like I've always wanted to write about spiritual themes. I think pretty much all, so much music tha...

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Outstanding, Overlooked Videos Of Leonard Cohen Performances At June 2008 Montreal Jazz Festival

22 Jan 2010 00:01:45 PST

Written by DrHGuy
CBC Videos Of Leonard Cohen Performing At The Montreal Place des Arts The CBC produced these black and white videos, each of which features excellent production values and camera angles impossible to obtain on recordings accomplished from the audience, of Leonard Cohen performances...

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"The Grand Tour" by George Jones Is On Leonard Cohen's Jukebox – Or At Least His Funeral Setlist

18 Jan 2010 05:07:43 PST

Written by DrHGuy
Leonard Cohen’s Jukebox: In interviews through the years, Leonard Cohen has mentioned a handful of specific songs he favors. Leonard Cohen’s Jukebox is a Heck Of A Guy feature playing those tunes for your edification and entertainment. The Lord Byron Of Rock ‘n’ Roll1 and The Possum2 Q: W...

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Opinion: Record of the Year: Leonard Cohen - Steve Klingaman - Open Salon

29 Dec 2009 20:30:40 PST

Written by Steve Klingaman
The season is too auspicious for the usual wrangling, for my usual topics of government, guns, and money. In one of my other lives I write reviews for the webzine Minor 7th. (It might surprise you to learn they are brief.) Usually, I review indie artists and players who labor at the margins o...

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Cohen, Jackson to Get Lifetime Grammy Awards

29 Dec 2009 20:25:38 PST

With a career that has spanned four decades and 18 albums, singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen has worked with the likes of such artists as Elton John, Willie Nelson, Neil Diamond, and Iggy Pop. He has garnered a number of awards including an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and ju...

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Leonard Cohen To Receive Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

11 Dec 2009 05:54:18 PST

Written by DrHGuy
Leonard Cohen, Bobby Darin, David “Honeyboy” Edwards, Michael Jackson, Loretta Lynn, André Previn, and Clark Terry will each receive a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at a ceremony on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010. The official press release blurb, which, after the words, “With a career t...

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Leonard Cohen news and blogs - February 26, 2010

26 Feb 2010 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Leonard Cohen news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Leonard Cohen Thanks Canada – The Video -- by DrHGuy from Heck Of A Guy
• Leonard Cohen Says Thank You To Canada -- by DrHGuy from Heck Of A Guy
• Leonard Cohen Covers Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah -- by DrHGuy from Heck Of A Guy
• Now Available – The Other Leonard Cohen Album -- by DrHGuy from Heck Of A Guy
• Leonard Cohen On The Montreal Jazz Festival Leonard Cohen Tribute – And More -- by DrHGuy from Heck Of A Guy
• The New Leonard Cohen Album – “Forthcoming” -- by DrHGuy from Heck Of A Guy
• Now Online – Today's Cohen -- by DrHGuy from Heck Of A Guy
• Leonard Cohen, The Cat Whisperer -- by DrHGuy from Heck Of A Guy
• Esther Cohen – A Birthday Celebration -- by DrHGuy from Heck Of A Guy
• Exclusive Q&A With Tim Footman, Author Of New Leonard Cohen Biography -- by DrHGuy from Heck Of A Guy

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17 Nov 2009 13:39:48 PST

After he finished his version of "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen, the entire crowd stood and applauded. Impressive work. Earlier in the night, Jon performed ... and more »

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Las Vegas Review-Journal Jason Bracelin column: CONCERT REVIEW: Leonard Cohen ...

14 Nov 2009 18:03:38 PST

Hallelujah," the song in question, was a triumphant sounding, lump-in-the-throat hymnal that Cohen sang from his knees in a penitent pose. ...

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Beck’s Record Club: Leonard Cohen edition (vid)

04 Sep 2009 12:25:44 PDT

Written by melophobe
What an inspired project! This is exactly the thing that artists should be doing for themselves and their fans. And the fact that Leonard Cohen’s Songs of Leonard Cohen was chosen on the heels of Velvet Underground & Nico says a lot about the minds at work here (they have good taste). Here...

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Opinion: Perspective & The Leonard Cohen Oakland Concert

17 Apr 2009 08:51:38 PDT

Written by DrHGuy
Putting Cohen In Context A review of the April 13, 2009 Oakland concert, Leonard Cohen’s Perfect Offering by Gary Kamiya, is online at Salon.com It’s an interesting perspective, placing this show in the context of past tours and focusing not only on the performance but also on the notio...

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Opinion: Leonard Cohen In The Eyes Of Texas

07 Apr 2009 06:09:47 PDT

Written by DrHGuy
from Julie's StoryNo Leonard Cohen Cowboy Hat Trick YetOK, Make That Leonard Cohen, His Famous Blue Raincoat, And His Cowboy Hat In DallasLeonard Cohen - A Thousand Kisses Deep In The Heart Of Texas_____________________In adherence to the Great minds - Same direction bromide, a comme...

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Review: Leonard Cohen, night 1 at the Long Center

02 Apr 2009 00:24:12 PDT

TX “Hallelujah” drew a standing ovation in the second set. Cohen’s spoken word rendition of “Recitation with NL”, poetry set to quavering synthesized keyboards, was a dramatic highpoint in the second set. There was a huge communal sigh in the house - more ...

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Leonard Cohen

23 Mar 2009 15:47:19 PDT

AZ As one of the most influential folk/rock singer/songwriters of our time, poet and novelist Leonard Cohen comes to Phoenix to perform fan-favorites from past albums such as, “Suzanne,” “Sisters of Mercy” "Tower Of Song" and the masterpiece "Hallelujah" ...

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Leonard Cohen Rules British Music Charts

22 Dec 2008 05:07:56 PST

Written by The Huffington Post News Editors
Leonard Cohen's song "Hallelujah" made British chart history Sunday when it became both number one and number two in the Christmas singles charts -- although both versions were covers. But in what appeared to be a protest at the manufactured music industry, fans of US musician Jeff Buckl...

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Hallelujah: X Factor winner Burke heads for UK Christmas No 1

21 Dec 2008 05:35:48 PST

Written by Sam Jones
Gennaro Castaldo, a spokesman for HMV, said: "It's ironic, to say the least, that it's taken a mass audience populist show like The X Factor to prompt massive interest in the highly individualist music of Leonard Cohen and Jeff Buckley, and their album sales at HMV are up as well."

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Alexandra Burke - Hallelujah Video Review

17 Dec 2008 12:05:31 PST

Written by Dave Parrack
Alexandra Burke won The X Factor 2008 and her version of Hallelujah, a Leonard Cohen song brought to life superbly by Jeff Buckley is the song vying for UK Christmas number one. She faces competition from Rick Astley, Leona Lewis and a few others but this is a dead cert.

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Final Uncut Leonard Cohen Interview

25 Nov 2008 20:11:55 PST

Written by DrHGuy
This is the seventh and final Uncut magazine interview with individuals connected with the 2008 Leonard Cohen Tour. The first five (Sharon Robinson, Javier Mas, Leif Bodnarchuk, Bruce Rodgers, and Charley and Hattie Webb) were discussed in Uncut Leonard Cohen Tour Troop Interviews a...

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Il Divo Sings Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah In Spanish

17 Nov 2008 14:53:58 PST

Written by DrHGuy
Simon Cowell While watching the Il Divo video, check out the similarity between the setting of this Hallelujah video by Il Divo … … and the background of the most popular of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah videos. Hallelujah - Il Divo Lyrics: Il DIvo’s Spanish Rendition Of Hallelujah

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Opinion: Why Is Leonard Cohen Smiling - And Who's Lenny?

15 Nov 2008 05:50:47 PST

Written by DrHGuy
Leonard Cohen is, after all, the man known as4 the Grand Master of Melancholia, the Godfather Of Gloom, the Master Of Erotic Despair, the Poet Of Bedsit Angst, the Gloom Merchant, the Poet Laureate Of Pessimism, the Apocalyptic Lounge Lizard, the High Priest Of Pathos, the [Biblically l...

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Everybody Knows - A Very Special Leonard Cohen Episode On CBC TV

08 Nov 2008 20:07:24 PST

Written by DrHGuy
Leonard Cohen: Everybody Knows The latter consists of Cohen songs performed by such artists as zydeco and Cajun singer Zachary Richard, Barenaked Lady Steven Page, Quebec crooner Garou, and singer-songwriters Lhasa de Sela, Serena Ryder and Adam Cohen.

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Democracy Is Coming To The USA - Leonard Cohen

03 Nov 2008 16:10:11 PST

Written by DrHGuy
While it is not precisely on point for today’s post, an interview with Leonard Cohen, Leonard Cohen, Los Angeles 1992, from Songwriters On Songwriting by Paul Zollo, is an enlightening and enchanting look at the process by which Leonard Cohen creates a song. “Democracy” is used extensiv...

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Opinion: Leonard Cohen Wedding Music: "I Do"

27 Oct 2008 06:42:21 PDT

Written by DrHGuy
Now, Leonard Cohen’s music has graced many nuptial events. Typically, however, the songs from his discography most frequently heard in this context have been “Take This Waltz,” “Dance Me To The End Of Love,” The Marriage March” (from Night Music), “Hallelujah,” and, less often, “I’m Yo...

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2008 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees Announced: Madonna, Beastie Boys, More

27 Sep 2007 15:31:59 PDT

Written by Rolling Stone
With the 1966 release of In My Life by Judy Collins, containing Leonard Cohen’s “Suzanne” and “Dress Rehearsal Rag,” Cohen became a folk rock icon of the singer songwriter movement. Already an acclaimed poet and novelist in his native Canada, Cohen moved to New York in 1967 and released hi...

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Music Review: Anjani - Blue Alert (CD/DVD)

11 Jul 2007 05:48:59 PDT

Written by Donald Gibson
The accompanying DVD features a mini-documentary, “The Making of Blue Alert,” which more than compensates for any additional cost of this reissued 2-disc set. Directed by Lian Lunson, who also directed the feature-length documentary, Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man, this short film incl...

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Movie Review: Leonard Cohen Under Review 1934-1977

28 Mar 2007 21:28:31 PDT

Written by Richard Marcus
Two of the more fascinating discussions centred around Songs Of Love And Hate and the Phil Spector-produced Death Of A Ladies Man. In the case of the former the discussion focuses on the fact that for the first time Cohen used a full band both in the studio and on the road. Ron Cornelius was band...

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